"Who is Weary Willie?" explores the life of the once-famous circus character Weary Willie and his story tied to controversy and confusion over identity between his creator, Emmett Kelly Sr., and his son, Emmett Kelly Jr.
Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his m...
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by...
Grazing the Sky is a compelling look at the lives of trapeze artists and other circus performers. Th...
Alexander Calder created and performed one of the most important and beloved works, his miniature ci...
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as ...
Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to crea...
The Pickle Family Circus was founded by Lorenzo Pisoni's parents in 1974. The film documents the spi...
Elephants are among the most majestic and intelligent creatures on Earth--but for hundreds of years,...
Noel Mason's vaudevillian skills are appreciated by his younger audience, but he is not making enoug...
The neon sign ‘Circus’ illuminates the wide street of Naples’ suburbs: four circus families were aba...
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II...
Daisy Asquith investigates the mysterious world of children's entertainers.
1950s Soho beats with far more energy than its 21st century counterpart in this vivid time capsule.
A young girl has already seen everything there is to see and her world has lost all meaning. Her ang...
Alegría is a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means "jubilation" in Spanish...
From the Italian 'saltare in banco' – which literally means 'to jump on a bench' – Saltimbanco explo...
Icarus is the main character of Varekai, who falls to the ground, breaking his legs as he does. He i...
Vienna’s Prater is an amusement park and a desire machine. No mechanical invention, no novel idea or...
They were originally intended to make us smile, and for the most part they do.. But when they don't ...